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This digital composite shows file photos:  Attorney  Dick Harpootlian is seen during a  Casey Edwards press conference in Columbia, S.C. Thursday, April 16, 2009 (Photo by Virginia Postic/AP Photo, File) Republican candidate for South Carolina governor, Nikki Haley as seen during the debate at Memminger Auditorium in Charleston, S.C. Thursday January 28, 2010.  (Photo by Mic Smith/AP Photo, File)

South Carolina Dem chair bashes governor: Nikki Haley is a ‘fraud’

On Tuesday longtime Democratic leader Dick Harpootlian further explained his controversial remarks about South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley last week, declaring that she needs to return to her job as an accountant instead of being a fraudulent governor. Read More

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Anthony Weiner’s forgotten scandal

A 1991 scandal reveals more about Anthony Weiner than the one that ended his Congressional career. Read More

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Fighting for social justice through spoken word

Bryonn Bain may have a law degree from Harvard, but instead of fighting mass incarceration and racial profiling through lawsuits, he's doing it through art. Read More

Martina Navratilova of the U.S. holds the winners trophy after she and Bob Bryan won the mixed doubles championship over Kveta Peschke and Martin Damm of the Czech Republic at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006.

The Syllabus: What you should know for the May 5 ‘MHP’

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova will join Sunday's edition of "Melissa Harris-Perry" to discuss NBA player Jason Collins' revelation that he is gay. Also on the agenda: public shaming, rape culture on campus, Detroit's homeless, and the War on Drugs -- all at 10 a.m. EST on MSNBC! Read More

April most deadly month for Iraq in nearly 5 years

What do we know now? Watch and find out. Read More

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gestures while taking part in a panel discussion at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. (Photo by Michael Dwyer/AP)

Clarence Thomas: Obama approved by ‘elites and the media’

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas claims he never doubted an African-American president would be elected in his lifetime, but said he knew it would have to be someone who was "approved" by the elites and the media. Read More

New York City District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly pose with a confiscated illegal firearm during a press conference concerning gun trafficking last October.

Bloomberg and NYPD struggle with ‘stop and frisk’ questions

New York mayor Mike Bloomberg used a teen's shooting death as fodder in an argument with The New York Times over "stop-and-frisk," while NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly says black people are "understopped." Read More

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan arrives at the West Wing of the White House on March 7, 2013. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

Paul Ryan: Beware of ‘anchor babies’

Rep. Paul Ryan pitched immigration reform to constituents in Wisconsin by using derogatory terms while warning that illegal immigration is "fairly easy" and people are having "anchor babies" in the U.S. Read More

File Photo: A group that wants immigration reform for gay partners marches in the Pride Parade at the conclusion of the two-day 25th annual Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival and Celebration on May 18, 2008 in Long Beach, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images, File)

Include LGBT families in the immigration bill

The Senate’s good immigration bill can be made better—it should be amended to allow LGBT Americans to sponsor their foreign-born partners for residency, just as straight Americans have always been allowed to do. Read More

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New book: ‘Being Latino means being from everywhere’

Writer Raquel Cepeda joined "Melissa Harris-Perry" to discuss her new book, "Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina." Read More

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The real victims of the sequester

The NOW panel takes a look at the harsh effects of the sequester cuts on those who lack political clout. Read More

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#click3 Boston Strong, alright

The All In with Chris Hayes team puts out a daily call to the Twitter and Facebook communities for the “awesomest things” they encountered on the Internet. Read More

Racial wealth gap grows during Great Recession: Study

In 2010, the average income for whites was twice that of blacks and Hispanics--$89,000 compared the $46,000. That means for every $2.00 whites earned, blacks and Hispanics earned just $1.00. Read More

This digital composite shows photos: (Top, L) US Secretary of State John Kerry at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on April 23, 2013. (Photo by John Thys/AFP/Getty Images); (Top, R) Sally Jewell before testifying to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee March 7, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images); (Bottom, L) Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew at Siemens' manufacturing plant on March 14, 2013 in Alpharetta, Georgia. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images); (Bottom, R) U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel during a meeting on April 23, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo by Moshe Milner GPO via Getty Images)

Obama’s second-term Cabinet takes shape

President Obama's expected nomination today of Mayor Anthony Foxx as secretary of transportation comes after he was accused earlier this year for appointing all-male Cabinet members and not diversifying the executive leaders during his second term. Read More

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Adopted against her will: One woman shares her story

Tarikuwa Lemma talks about being adopted as a 13-year-old in what she thought was an educational exchange program. Read More

File Photo: Voters cast their ballots at the Herbert Young Community Center polling place in Cary, N.C.. on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, the first day of early voting in North Carolina. (Photo by Shawn Rocco/The News & Observer/AP Photo, File)

Groups plan fight against NC Voter ID bill

North Carolina activists are planning a massive response to proposed voting restrictions, what Rev. William Barber called the 21st century "white southern strategy." Read More

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The Syllabus: What you should know for April 28th’s show

Read more about the discussion topics on Sunday's Melissa Harris-Perry. Read More

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Racial profiling helps terrorists

Since Tamerlan and Dzokhar Tsarnaev were identified as the bombing suspects, coverage of their backgrounds and the subtle implication of all those of the Islamic faith has been dangerously present everywhere we look. It's important that we do not lump everyone into one category, or blame an entire religion for the actions of a few. Read More

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union, students, and other opponents of a plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools during a demonstrate and march through Chicago's downtown Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett say the closings are necessary because too many CPS facilities are half-empty and academically failing. They say shuttering buildings will allow the district to move students to higher quality schools and help trim a $1 billion budget shortfall. Opponents say the plan disproportionately affects minority students and won't save money.

Chicago students boycott standardized test in protest of mass school closings

Dozens of students protested against high stakes testing and Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to close 54 schools. Read More

Clockwise from top left: Denise McNair, 11; Carole Robertson, 14; Addie Mae Collins, 14;  and Cynthia Wesley, 14. A former Ku Klux Klansman, Thomas Blanton Jr., 62,  was convicted of murder Tuesday, May 1, 2001, for the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing that killed the four girls on Sept. 15, 1963.  (AP Photo)

‘Four little girls’ of Birmingham remembered 50 years later

The House of Representatives voted to approve a bill Wednesday that honors four girls killed for the color of their skin with a Congressional Gold Medal. Read More